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Arrests In Thousand Oaks Home Invasion Robbery

KVTA News Thursday August 17, 2017

Two men have been arrested in connection with a home invasion robbery in Thousand Oaks.

It happened on June 7th in the 400 block of Serento Circle.

The victim told deputies that three suspects forced their way into his home, battered him and then took $1200.

During the course of the investigation, detectives with the East County Major Crimes Unit say they discovered that both the victim and the suspects were allegedly involved in the illegal sales of prescription drugs.

They say the victim and suspects were visiting doctors throughout Southern California obtaining prescription drugs in a practice that's known as "pill farming."

Detectives say they determined that the motive for the home invasion robbery was that the victim owed the suspects a large sum of money based on that illegal activity.

Two of the suspects were arrested.

Detectives identified them as 33-year-old Brandon Jefferson and 29-year-old Daniel Rogers, both of Thousand Oaks.

Theft/Burglary Suspects Caught In Camarillo

KVTA News Thursday August 17, 2017

Deputies in Camarillo have arrested three teens they believe have been involved in several thefts from homes and especially unlocked vehicles at homes.

Around 2:40 AM Wednesday morning an alert homeowner in the 100 block of Encino Avenue noticed two suspects outside her residence.

She yelled at them and then called 911.

The suspects, who were juveniles, ran, but were caught by a responding deputy.

A review of surveillance video revealed a third suspect who had managed to get away.

However, police knew who it was and later that same morning they spotted 18-year-old transient Jose Gonzalez at Las Posas Road and Earl Joseph Avenue and took him into custody without incident.

Gonzalez was treated for an ankle injury suffered when he fled from the Encino Avenue location earlier.

He was booked into the Ventura County Jail and the two juveniles were taken to Juvenile Hall.

Deputies say they located and recovered property stolen in thefts and burglaries they believe were committed by the suspects a week ago.

Wandering Cow Killed On Freeway in Newbury Park

KVTA News Thursday August 17, 2017

(Photo courtesy Jose Mendoza)

A cow that was running around on the 101 Freeway in Newbury Park early Thursday morning was killed when it was struck by at least one vehicle.

The incident began around 4 AM when the cow was spotted on the southbound lanes of the 101 around Borchard Road.

The CHP and Sheriff's Deputies chased the cow off the freeway and onto several surface streets through Newbury Park.

At one point they thought they had the cow captured but it got away.

Then, shortly after 5 AM the cow tried to get back on the southbound 101 using the Wendy Drive off ramp and was struck by at least one vehicle and killed.

The Wendy off ramp was closed while they waited for Animal Services or Caltrans to show up and remove the cow but its owner arrived first and took it away.

This is the latest in a series of loose cows running around the Conejo Valley recently.

Stolen Car Suspect Flees Holding Child In Ojai

KVTA News Wednesday August 16, 2017

Update--Deputies in Ojai have released new details about the arrest of a man who got involved in a crash in a stolen vehicle and then fled holding his girlfriend's 3-year-old child.

The non-injury crash happened around 7 PM Wednesday at Signal and Aliso streets in Ojai.

While deputies were taking a report on the crash they discovered the vehicle had been stolen in Santa Paula.

6 Small Brushfires Alongside SB 23 Fwy In T.O.

KVTA News Wednesday August 16, 2017

The fires were reported around 4 PM and covered a half mile stretch north of Sunset Hills Boulevard near the golf course.

They covered .6 acres total.

Crews were able to knock down the fires in a short period of time but they had to close the right lane of the southbound 23 in that area.

No structures were threatened and no injuries reported.

The cause is under investigation.

Four Displaced By Port Hueneme House Fire

KVTA News Wednesday August 16, 2017

(Photo courtesy Federal Fire Department at NBVC Port Hueneme)

Four people, including one child, were displaced by a house fire in Port Hueneme.

The fire was reported around 12:30 PM Wednesday in the 600 block of Bryce Canyon Avenue.

Firefighters from Oxnard City, Ventura County and Naval Base Ventura County all responded to the blaze and they reported seeing a large column of smoke the minute they left their fire stations.

When they arrived on scene in the residential neighborhood that's located south of Teakwood Street and east of Ventura Road they found heavy smoke coming from a portion of a single story, single family home.

There were live Edison power lines down in the backyard.

Firefighters conducted an aggressive attack and had the fire knocked down about 15 minutes after arriving on scene.

There were no injuries.

The Red Cross was called in to help the displaced residents.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Ventura County Fair Attendance Down This Year

KVTA News Tuesday August 15, 2017

(Contributed file photo)

Attendance at this year's Ventura County Fair was down.

For the just-concluded 12-day event at Seaside Park in Ventura drew total of 305,746.

That was down from last year's record attendance of 332,262.

Fair spokesman James Lockwood told KVTA News the two biggest days were Thursday, August 10th when comedian Fluffy was the featured grandstand act.

Fair attendance that day was 31,433.

The second highest day was Monday, August 7th when country singer Billy Currington was there.

Attendance at the fair that day was 29,313.

Lockwood says this year's lower attendance could be chalked up to the negative publicity surrounding a fatal ride accident at the Ohio State Fair.

He doesn't think a malfunction with the bungee jump attraction on the first day of the Ventura County Fair impacted attendance.

Lockwood also believes the hot, humid weather at the start of the fair may have kept attendance down.

CHP Uses Plane To Catch Highway 126 Speeders

KVTA News Tuesday August 15, 2017

(Photo courtesy CHP)

It's something they've done in the past and Tuesday they did it again, the CHP airplane took to the skies over a portion of Ventura County in an effort to catch speeders.

The latest enforcement effort focused on Highway 126 east of Fillmore to the LA County line.

The plane marks the speed of a vehicle on the ground by clocking the time it takes to travel between one mile markers that can bee seen from the air and then relays the information to units on the ground who make the traffic stop and issue the tickets.

During Tuesday's enforcement, 25 drivers were stopped and 22 of them received tickets for traveling over the seed limit.

Their speeds ranged from 71 to 83 miles per hour.

CHP Officer/Sheriff's Cadet Bitten Trying To Rescue Dog

KVTA News Monday August 14, 2017

The CHP says that one of their officers and a Ventura County Sheriff's Cadet were bitten by a dog they were trying to rescue on the 101 Freeway in Ventura Monday morning.

The officer's wound was superficial, but the female cadet had to go to the hospital with a serious bite wound to her hand.

The dog, which apparently had no tags or collar, is still at large.

The effort to rescue the dog started just before 7 AM when the CHP started receiving multiple calls about the dog running around in the center divider of the 101 near Victoria Avenue.

CHP officers started looking for the dog, but could not find it.

The calls continued to come in from drivers reporting the dog in the center divider and on the right shoulder of the freeway all the way up to California Street.

The effort to locate and corral the medium sized mixed breed dog went on for two hours with the CHP at one point shutting down or slowing down traffic so they could catch the dog.